ACTRN12612000885897.
Trial name or title | A pilot randomised controlled trial of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in hospital in the home (HITH) to treat post‐operative foot wounds |
Methods | RCT |
Participants | Men and women aged > 18 years; postoperative foot amputation to the transmetatarsal level of foot ≥ 5 cm² to ≤ 20 cm² measured by digital planimetry |
Interventions | NPWT vs standard care |
Outcomes | Proportion of wounds healed; time to healing; frequency of treatment; wound recurrence; resources used/costs; recruitment rates; pain and health‐related quality of life |
Starting date | 17 August 2012 |
Contact information | carolina.weller@monash.edu |
Notes | Not yet recruiting |